Kenyan police officer in charge of cell where blogger died arrested after protests

Authorities successful Kenya person arrested a elder constabulary serviceman liable for the compartment wherever a blogger died, starring to wide protests successful the capital, Nairobi, that near dozens injured

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenyan authorities connected Friday arrested a elder constabulary serviceman liable for the compartment wherever a blogger died, starring to wide protests successful the capital, Nairobi, that near dozens injured.

Samson Talam, the serviceman commanding the cardinal constabulary presumption successful Nairobi was arrested connected Friday, and the Independent Policing Oversight Authority said that CCTV astatine the constabulary presumption had been tampered with and its disks formatted a time aft the blogger died wrong the cell.

Albert Ojwang, 31, was arrested connected June 6 successful occidental Kenya and driven 400 kilometers (248 miles) to Nairobi for what constabulary said was publishing “false information” astir a apical constabulary authoritative connected societal media. He died 2 days aboriginal astatine the constabulary compartment and constabulary said helium deed his caput against the wall. A pathologist’s study refuted the constabulary account, stating that the deceased had “head injury, cervix compression and different injuries dispersed each implicit the assemblage that are pointing towards assault.”

The apprehension comes a time aft the detention of different officer from the cardinal constabulary station. James Mukhwana was arrested Thursday successful transportation with the blogger's death. He appeared successful tribunal Friday, wherever detectives requested for much clip for their investigation.

Ojwang’s decease led to protests connected Thursday that turned convulsive arsenic constabulary clashed with protesters injuring respective and starring a way of spot destruction.

President William Ruto connected Friday said his authorities would “protect citizens from rogue constabulary officers” and helium called for investigations into Ojwang’s death.

Kenya has a past of constabulary brutality and Ruto had vowed to extremity brutality and extrajudicial killings.

The blogger’s decease comes astir a twelvemonth aft respective activists and protesters were killed and abducted by Kenyan constabulary during finance measure protests. The rallies led to calls for the removal of Ruto, who has been criticized for what immoderate accidental is his authoritarian streak.

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